Before I started roasting I also found some of the coffee sold by
Costco to be very good. In the last few years I've noticed they no
longer put a roasted on date (or code) on the bags. Or they at least
stopped making it easy to figure out. They now only have a use by
date which is usually 6 months or more out. That's about 5 months 2
weeks longer than I like to have roasted coffee around.
As for roasting, I looked into a bunch of roasters but settled on the
Behmor 1600 because it can handle 12 oz of greens at one time to a
light vienna roast with excellent results. If you like a lighter
roast it will take a full pound of greens to City+ no problem. It is
also a drum roaster so it produces a fuller body than an air roaster.
This is important for me because I roast and drink a lot of espresso.
Greg
On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 11:45 AM, Rick Bastedo <rbastedo at gmail.com> wrote:
> I've also been doing this for many years.
> With my health issues I can't drink much coffee so when I do drink coffee I
> want the best.
> For someone who likes coffee as much as I do that does not equal Starbucks.
> My daily cup is a pour over I do here at my desk using filtered hot water
> and a coffee I buy at Costco.
> It's the San Francisco Bay Certified Organic Rainforest Blend Shade Grown
> Arabica.
> It's a rich french roast whole bean coffee. I don't buy it only because
it's
> a killer deal at $13 for 3 pounds, it's also just plain better tasting than
> the other stuff out there.
> For green coffee I've been a Sweet Maria's customer for a long time, I have
> some very interesting beans in my drawer.
> My roaster is the Fresh Roast and it's the old model - no digital controls.
> Takes about 5 minutes to roast up a batch that's just right for my cup or
> two of really great coffee.
> You can do it with an air popper or a heat gun but having a roaster is
nice.
> Just Google "fresh roast coffee roaster".
> Hopefully their new models are as good as or better than the one I've got.
> The company is good for service as well, recently a friend borrowed my
> roaster and the glass part got broken.
> I looked up the company web site, they offer to replace the glass if you
> send in your roasting basket for only $12.
> So I emailed and asked if they would just send me the glass for the $12 and
> they obliged right away.
> I received it within a few days.
>
> Rick (mmm... coffee) Bastedo
>
>
>
> ___________________________________________
> From: Gregory Groiss <ggroiss at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Spridgets] coffee*
>
> David,
>
> I also roast my own coffee (for drip and espresso). Where are you
> buying your greens? I've been buying from Sweet Maria's because they
> have a very nice selection and I really like some of their espresso
> blends. I started out roasting with a stainless steel dog bowl and a
> heat gun (it really works). I now have a Behmor 1600 roaster that I
> love.
>
> Happy roasting,
>
> Greg
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